Jurgis

I'll be at the meeting with white sweater (and a backpack if they allow it in :)).

Right, they were eating at a buffet when Marie Antoinette told them to eat cake. 8)

Reposting my travel: I am driving on March 24th in the morning from Mountain View to LA. Not driving back (flying out of LAX late on March 25th). If anyone wants a one-way ride and 5+ hours of investment banter, let me know. 8) Conversely, if someone can offer me a one-way ride on March 24th from Bay Area to LA, I'd be happy to pay for gas (or your Tesla charge 8) )

Far Bar: Assuming we are talking about this: http://farbarla.com/food-menu/ , I see fewer veggie options than Wurstkuche. :) (Salad is not a meal 8) ). But I am fine with whatever people choose.

He writes entertaining novels. There. Fixed that for ya. 8)

Thanks for your deep psychological analysis about my investment style and goals. I did not realize that my presence on this board is offensive to you. I'll attempt to minimize my posts here in the future. You also have an option to ignore my messages which are not directed at you actually.

and it hurts you so much that I voted my "two shares" for Groveland that you just have to respond with biting remarks. Oh well. Back to my popcorn. 8)

I voted for Groveland. Down with Big Government! ;D 8) Vive la revolution! Not sure if you're joking or not as the quote is funny. I really voted for Groveland. Not that it matters. Big will win.

Exactly my feeling about him.

Wurstkuche has vegetarian options, which are fine for me. But I cannot speak for rishig and other vegetarians. :) Edit: http://wurstkuche.com/Eat.html - Wurstkuche link so people can check if this is fine for them. Edit 2: To be clear, I vote for Wurstkuche since it sounds interesting/great, but I am fine with other places.

I voted for Groveland. Down with Big Government! ;D 8) Vive la revolution!

Contributed to this. 8)

Sucks that you are driving down on Monday. :) I can't leave from Bay Area on Monday, have to drive down on Tuesday morning. Coulda shared a ride. Anyway, see you guys there. :D

Yes, they do.

Biglari looks like the Terminator in his photos. 8) "Vote for me if you want to live"

This is not true. Productivity loss may cost more than savings. You also just picked $1000 number out of thin air. Peace

Tesla IPO'ed during the financial crisis and almost went bankrupt. Musk basically made it survive through sheer will (and putting every cent he had in it, borrowing money to pay rent). That was a much bigger trial by fire than they are likely to get, since at that time they were a small startup selling a few hundred $100k two-seaters during the worst crisis since the 1930s. They're a much more solid company now. Maybe the stock will go down a lot if multiples compress, but the business itself is more solid than its ever been. Saying they've never been through a downturn is incorrect. They have never been through a downturn. Startup pains when you have no product and no sales is very different from a downturn. You might be right though that Elon will deal with downturn just fine based on his startup and other company experiences.

Yeah, I think you mentioned this before. I have talked with Fido reps couple of times and they always say that you cannot do international trades in IRAs... I guess I just don't feel the need for it enough to push them to acknowledge that it's possible. I'd hate to call for trades anyway and they don't support online IRA international trades I believe (I think you said it too).

Let's not start hurling insults

Out of these, I only use 1. And Fido has it somewhat covered (not all markets, expensive commissions, no IRA support). I'd love if Fido lowered commissions on international trades and offered them in IRA, but I guess I have to keep pushing them, threatening that I will leave for IB. :P Edit: I wonder how IB handled TESB.BE rights release. I had to talk to couple Fido reps to get this through. I might have jumped the gun by calling them before things were settled. This may have worked better or much worse in IB. :) Anyway, the branch and live person support is a great perk to have sometimes.

Great post Oddball. +1 all the way.

Maybe I am looking at wrong places. This is based on their web browser interface: - Seeing the trade history requires contortions to generate a report instead of just clicking a single button. Even then the report is almost incomprehensible. - Going between positions and lots requires contortions. - Exporting trades to Quicken is the same. - Do they even support TurboTax online version? Will I have to type in all trades at tax time? I'd mention more but I try to avoid going to IB as much as I can, so I'm sure I forgot some other atrocities. Perhaps I should say that this is adviser managed account. I assume the interface is the same as with regular IB account, but perhaps not.

I have not read the book. I might though. I found innerscorecard's review to be too abstract. innerscorecard talks about tradeoffs but does not get into details: which tradeoffs were mentioned and whether they seemed real, worth taking, etc. I guess loneliness was the one mentioned, but even that I found abstract: why is it unavoidable? At which wealth levels? I believe that you can have stealth wealth for quite high wealth (up to $100M at least?) and very few of us will be more wealthy than that. Anyway, not a critique of innerscorecard. It's hard to write good reviews especially for people who have not read the book. :) Peace.

It's good to know that they don't want me as a customer. Makes me feel fuzzy and happy inside. :-X

Pretty cool. :) I just hope that this will lead to more than just a graph on a watch... I'm somewhat a sceptic regarding the fitness gizmos - I know other people like them, but for me they are not useful enough.